BIT, BEADS' "Green Walkathon" held to celebrate green building week
Mangaluru: Bearys Institute of Technology (BIT) and Bearys Enviro Architecture Design School (BEADS) along with Mangalore University on Saturday organised 'Green Walkathon' as a part of "Green Building Week" here at its Bearys Knowledge Campus.
Vice-chancellor of Mangalore University Dr P Subrahmanya Yadapadithaya flagged off the walkathon from Mangala Auditorium at Mangalore University on Saturday morning.
Speaking after inaugurating the walkathon, Dr. Subramanya said when the conscience of the people is clean, the environment of such society is also clean.
"To preserve life on earth, the preservation of greenery and environment is very important. We all need to come together to save the environment and the earth, to preserve life here," he said.
Presiding over the event, Syed Mohammed Beary spoke about the importance of creating awareness for our environment and added that the green environment is a healthy environment.
"For constructing a building, we chop down several trees, but we never replace it by planting more saplings. Only by planting more trees, we can make our planet greener" he said.
He also spoke about the climate change crisis and how it is affecting millions of lives across the world as we are not able to take care of our nature.
"We are nothing without nature. We are not above nature. It is our responsibility to save the environment and build greenery around us" he added.
The event concluded at the Bearys Knowledge Campus with Syed Mohammed Beary planting saplings in the campus.
Hundreds of students from the BIT, BEADS, and BIT Polytechnic participated in the tree planting exercise at the campus.
In the ample 6 acre land, more than 350 trees were planted including species of trees such as the Burma, Gaduva, Sihi, Stalk Sai, and 5 types of Tulta, and thus the ‘Green Walkathon’ event was concluded.
The Innoli region where Bearys Knowledge Campus is situated is known to be surrounded by rocks and boulders. Intending to make that region full of greenery, the Bearys Group has taken the first step by planting various trees.
BIT Principal Dr. SI Manzoor Pasha welcomed the guest during the event, while Prof. Mubeena Taj sang prayers.
BEADS Principal AR Ashok Mendonca, Dr. Aziz Mustafa, Venkatesh Pai, Santhosh D'Souza, Dr. Abdullah Gubbi and others were present.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
